Asian Spareribs

1 rack babyback ribs or St. Louis cut 1/4 cup light sodium teriyaki sauce the traditional way is soy but to high in sodium for me. 3 tablespoons white sugar  is a richer taste, 2 tablespoons Chinese 5 spice                                …

Quick chocolate peanut butter cookie

This is a quick (sort of)  recipe. I used pre-made cookie mixes to save time.  If you want the long version of this recipe all the way from scratch, I will send it to you.  But this required a lot less work and tastes great.  We all know that peanut butter and chocolate are the…

Homemade Coconut Bars

These were my favorite candy bars.   You could add a nut like an almonds, that may be joyous or you could stack them into mounds..  I don’t want to be sued.  Just in time for Easter. 3 cups unsweetened coconut 1/4 teaspoon fine popcorn salt 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract 5 oz sweetened condensed milk…

Quiche

6 eggs 1 cup half and half (if you want lower fat substitute low fat milk) 6 oz diced Swiss cheese diced 8 oz lower sodium ham diced (look and you will find some that is 20% of a days sodium) or if you love sodium use country ham and get 45%) 8 oz diced…

Aunt Carol’s Apple Pie

When I was a child and spent my summers at Canada Creek, Michigan (find that on a map, you know you turn left at the red mailbox),  my Aunt Carol would come for a visit every August.  While she was there, we would always go to Mackinac Island, and we would also go to an…